The Terminal [2004 film]
by Steven Spielberg (Director), Sacha Gervasi (Screenwriter)
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Viktor is a simple man with a mission who finds himself entrapped in JKF airport after the accidental loss of his country to villainous coup. He becomes a man without a country and is stuck in at the airport's international terminal with no visa, and is instructed that he is not allowed to leave. Slowly he encounters airport workers who come to his aid by mutual coercion. Gupta the hilarious Indian custodian; Enrique who transports food; Torres the security clerk and Mulroy. Viktor show more eventually falls for a stewardess who has spent her life waiting for the right man to come along. show lessTags
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I first saw this with my husband and son, on Christmas Day 2006, when feeling a bit low - the first Christmas without our older son at home. What a wonderful movie it was, too. Tom Hanks is brilliant as the lost foreigner, unable to enter the country, and unable to fly out.
The humour is mostly subtle, and the plot minimal.. but it's a thoroughly enjoyable movie.
The extras are excellent too, and I'm not usually a huge fan of extras.
Highly recommended.
Latest longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-terminal-starring-tom-hanks.html
The humour is mostly subtle, and the plot minimal.. but it's a thoroughly enjoyable movie.
The extras are excellent too, and I'm not usually a huge fan of extras.
Highly recommended.
Latest longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-terminal-starring-tom-hanks.html
A man visiting the US isn't allowed to leave the airport.
2.5/4 (Okay).
It's a dumb movie with a disastrously corny story, but Tom Hanks and the occasional joke makes it watchable.
(Apr. 2021)
2.5/4 (Okay).
It's a dumb movie with a disastrously corny story, but Tom Hanks and the occasional joke makes it watchable.
(Apr. 2021)
Nice little ditty. Would have been better if the romance angle between Hanks & Zeta-Jones had been downplayed or cut. The other story lines were more interesting.
Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg teams up with two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks and Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) for this critically acclaimed comedy. After arriving at New York's JFK airport, Viktor Navorski (Hanks) gets unwittingly caught in bureaucratic glitches that make it impossible for him to return to his home country or enter the U.S. Now, caught up in the richly complex and amusing world inside the airport, Viktor makes friends, gets a job, finds romance and untimately discovers America itself.
The Terminal (Widescreen Edition) (2004)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones Director: Steven Spielberg Rating: Format: DVD
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones Director: Steven Spielberg Rating: Format: DVD
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- The Terminal [2004 film]
- Original title
- The Terminal
- Original publication date
- 2004
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- The Terminal (2004 | IMDb)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1995.9.C55
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